Does a handheld game ever have a chance to win ‘Game of the year’?

SchollA from Console ControllUs pronounced control-us writes: To piggyback of the recently written “Does a sports title ever have a chance to win ‘Game of the Year’?” (again). I again dive into the notion of another non-traditional concept — a handheld game winning ‘Game of the Year’. And a handheld game possibly being soooo good that it beats out a console title or any other title on any other platform for that matter.

arent there different classifications? Meaning that you can have a console GotY as well as a portable GotY?

If we are trying to make this whole "GotY" like other awards then it all depends on the nominations. There is song of the year, artist of the year and album of the year. All distinct titles that can have different winners.

To say there cant be a portable GotY as well as a console GotY is like discrediting the other awards such as artist or album or song of the year.

Maybe in games, because it has become so diverse now, they can actually have those distinctions.

Yes, but technical limitations often limit them from rivaling their console / PC brethren.

For a handheld game to win GOTY it has to go above and beyond traditional handheld titles. Perfect example would be if something like journey came to a handheld then it would have a chance, but then again I think there's a bias against handheld, so it'll take a truly unbiased site / group of people to give a handheld it's fair shot at GOTY.

Does it even really matter? As far as I know there is no industry wide award show similar to the Grammy's or academy awards. Every site has their own list, and while some games make a lot of those lists, there is no real established award ceremony, making it all based on individual biases and opinions. Spike's VGA's might be the closest thing we have, but it's more a marketing fest than anything that's peered reviewed like the academy awards.

The thing is The Walking Dead and Journey were the GOTY for the vast majority of people.

I think critics and a lot of gamers are realizing that they finally want something new. Halo 4 was great, but it was more Halo. I loved Borderlands 2 and beat it by myself in 2 days, but it was more Borderlands.

People want new and refreshing experiences as well as the familiar, so COD will continue to sell millions, but it's GOTY days are over unless it completely revolutionize the FPS genre.

GOTY IMO really boiled down to The Walking Dead (technical problems aside), Journey (great, great, game), and Dishonored. And while I enjoyed Dishonored it was just missing that special something.

Next year's GOTY awards will truly be interesting because there are a lot of new games (Last of Us, Remember Me), as well as games that look to vastly improve their formula (Bioshock Infinite, Tomb Raider), and games that just scream high quality (GTA5, God of War).

Surprisingly 2013 is the year of the Horror genre. There are a bunch of Suspense/Horror games coming out.

I think it should have a chance to win game of the year, especially since a non-triple A indie title won goty. Games such as Uncharted Golden Abyss, RE:Revelations, and KI:Uprising were console quality titles that deserve a chance to go head to head with the big boys! Of course this is just my opinion but the gap between console and handheld has shrunk dramatically in the past year or so. I guess we will see as more titles push the boundary's in the handheld department. If a game is judged and being scored like its big brother on the console then I don't see a reason why it can't be game of the year.

nothing 3ds has deserves GOTY awards.. Maybe Revelations deserves more praise for its beauty but thats it.. The rest is the same ol mess other than KI which is like panzer dragoon or sin & punishment.. Gravity Rush is a much more qualified nominee

Your obviously missing the point and I don't expect someone with such a narrow-minded approach to understand any of this! Your such a Sony fanboy and it's a shame that you would consider a Vita game for GOTY and not a 3DS title!

KI:Uprising is nothing like this! The first segments of the beginning stages are but the rest of the game is COMPLETELY different; that's how I know you've actually never played it! Toying around in a stage and actually playing a game are two completely different things! If your going to compare something do it right, don't just troll something because you think you can!